Nea Charavgi ( el, Νέα Χαραυγή) is a village in the municipality of
Kozani, northern
Greece
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, located 5 km east of the center near the municipal park ''Kouri''. The population of Nea Charavgi was 1,185 at the 2021 census.
[ Together with the unpopulated old village Charavgi it forms the community Charavgi.
The public corporation of electricity moved the village to its present location between the late 1980s and middle 1990s, when the original site was found to contain deposits of ]lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...
.
Charavgi was named ''Tzoumas'' until 1928, and ''Amygdala'' between 1928 and 1961.
References
Kozani
Populated places in Kozani (regional unit)
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